Upcoming presentation

forwarded by request
 Please direct all questions about the event to the Institute on Race &
Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School, (612) 624-2904.

 "How can schools and communities help ALL children learn?"

 Dr. Edmund Gordon, noted author and former professor of social and policy
 studies at Yale University, will present findings from his life-long study
 of Education, Human Diversity and Social Justice.  Dr. Gordon is a senior
 advisor to the president of the College Board.  Last year, he published his
 most recent book, "Education and Social Justice:  A view from the back of
 the bus."   He was the research director for Head Start and co-founder,
 with his wife, of the Harriet Tubman Clinic for Children in New York City.

 Dr. Gordon's presentation will be followed by a panel discussion featuring
 national education leaders Professor William Trent, Professor William
 Taylor of Georgetown Law School, Harvard Professor Gary Orfield, and local
 leaders Dr. Shin of the Interdistrict Downtown School and Dr. Carol
 Johnson, superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools. The panel will be
 moderated by IRP's executive director john powell.

 Where: Cowles Auditorium at the Humphrey Institute on the University of
 Minnesota's West Bank, 301 - 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
 When: Monday, May 15, 4:00-6:30.
 RSVP: Lisa Jabaily, (612) 624-2904. E-mail: jabai001@tc.umn.edu.

 Refreshments will be served following the program in the Atrium.

 Sponsored by the Institute on Race & Poverty at the University of Minnesota
Law School